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Cocoanut Cake

From The hearthstone; or, Life at home, 1883

Serves 16

This quantity will make two loaves.

Presented as published in 1883. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation below, not the original instructions.

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This recipe was extracted from The hearthstone; or, Life at home (1883) by Laura C. Holloway, page 344. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

half a teaspoonful of soda, one teaspoonful of cream of tartar, half a teacup of sweet milk. Season with wine and nutmeg. Lemon Cake. — Take a teacup of butter, three of loaf-sugar, rub them to a cream ; stir into them the yolks of five eggs, well beaten ; dissolve a teaspoonful of saleratus in a teacup of milk, and add the milk, the grated peel of a lemon and a little of the juice, and the whites of five eggs beaten to a froth ; sift in as light as possible four teacups of flour. Bake in two long tins about half an hour. FiRST-NiGHT Cakes. — A teacup of sour cream, two small eggs, half a teaspoonful of soda, a little salt; flour so that it can be rolled. Soda Cake. — One cup of sweet milk, one egg, butter about the size of an egg, one full cup of sugar, two tea.spoonfuls of cream of tartar, one teaspoonful of soda. Corn-Starch Cake. — Half a cup of butter, one cup of sugar, the whites of three eggs, one cup of sifted flour, half a cup of corn-starch, half a teaspoonful of soda, half a cup of sweet milk, one teaspoonful of cream of tartar, Graham Cake. — One teacup of sugar, one of sour milk, two table- spoonfuls of butter, one tea.spoonful of saleratus, two kinds of spice; make it rather stiff; chopped raisins can be added if desired. Delicate Cake. — One cup of butter, one and a half cups of sugar, whites of nine eggs, two and three-quarter cups of flour, level tea- spoonful of cream of tartar, half a teaspoonful of soda, half a cup of sweet milk ; flavor to taste ; slow oven. Gold Cake. — One cup of sugar, three-quarters of a cup of butter, two cups of sifted flour, half a cup of sweet milk, one teaspoonful of cream of tartar, half a teaspoonful of soda, yolks of eight eggs. Cup Cake (i). — One cup of butter, three cups of sugar, five eggs, one cup of milk, four cups of flour, one teaspoonful of soda; juice of one lemon and grated rind of same; this makes two bars; the lemon can be omitted and raisins used if desired. Cup Cake (2). — Four cups of flour (sifted), four eggs, two cups of butter, two of sugar, one cup of milk, two pounds of raisins, one tea- spoonful of saleratus, one nutmeg; cinnamon and cloves. COOKERY RECIPES. 533 White Mountain Cake. — Half a pound of butter, one pound of sugar, one pound of flour, one cup of sweet milk, six eggs, three teaspoonfuls of baking-powder; flavor with almond. White Mountain Cake — Frosting. — The whites of four eggs, four cups of powdered sugar; flavor with almond; be careful not to get enough to destroy the flavor of the cocoanut; bake the cake in jelly-cake-tins; put frosting and grated cocoanut (one nut) between the cakes. Doughnuts (i). — Six and a half pounds of flour, two pounds of sugar, one pound of lard or butter, three pints of milk, half a pint of yeast, four eggs, a little salt; mix them at night, and boil them next day if very light. Doughnuts (2). — One cup of sweet milk, one cup of sugar, one egg, two tablespoonfuls of melted butter or lard, one teaspoonful of soda, two teaspoonfuls of cream of tartar; flavor with nutmeg, add a little salt ; flour enough to roll easily. Fruit Cake. — Three pounds of flour, three pounds of sugar, three pounds of butter, thirty eggs, one ounce of cinnamon, four or five nutmegs, cloves to your judgment, half a pint of wine and brandy each, six pounds of currants, five pounds of stoned raisins, one citron and a half Ginger Snaps. — One cup of brown sugar, one cup of molasses, one cup of butter, two teaspoonfuls of soda, one tablespoonful of ginger. Boil the molasses and sugar, then add the other things, and mix stiff enough to roll. A Plain but Excellent Cake. — Three cups of granulated sugar, one and a half cups of butter, two cups of cold water, three eggs, seven cups of sifted flour, two teaspoonfuls of vanilla or nutmeg, three teaspoonfuls of baking powder, and a small quantity of salt. Molasses Drops. — One cup of sugar, almost one cup of butter, mixed together; one cup of molasses, two eggs, one cup of milk, one teaspoonful of salcratus, five cups of flour. Cocoanut Cake. — One pound of butter, two pounds of sugar, two grated cocoanuts, mixed well, one cup of milk and the milk of the 534 THE hearthstone; or, life at home. cocoanuts, one pound and three-fourths of flour, ten eggs, half a tea- spoonful of soda; flavor with nutmeg
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